we have a 6 month old jack russell female puppy. she’s absolutely lovely but we are getting very frustrated with her toilet training, or lack of it. It doesn’t help as we live in a first floor flat, but she will not use the training pads and continues to wee anywhere, especially in the bedroom. Can anyone help please with this and any other advice re: disciplining/training jack russell puppies. Thank You All.
I understand what you are going through. I have a 5 month old jack russell and until a month ago he too was not toilet trained and me and my boyfriend we at the end of our tether. We live in a 3rd floor flat.
The way we have managed to train him is through very very hard work im afriad. My boyfriend works from home so is with him all day. When he is awake my boyfriend had to watch him all the time and look out for any small sign that he wanted to go toilet. These signs involved sniffing the floor, crouching down slightly, runing around frantically and a few more (im sure you have seen some of these). The min he saw our pup do any of this he said to him: “come on walkies” and picked him up - put on his lead and took him outside. Most of the time our puppy would not go to the toilet outside and saved it for when he got back in. We never told him off just ignored him if he had an accident (which in the beggining was all the time). But we presisted until one day he did go outside cause my boyfriend had been going back and forth for about and hour and the pup was desperate by then. We praised him soooo much and gave him soo many treats.
After that he started to do it outside more requently thought still did have many accidents. As time went on he did it more and more outside and we always praised him when he did. Now 4 weeks later he barks at the door to go out for toilet.
Yes there are the occasional accicdents too but overall it has worked.
It is hard work but it will be so worth it in the end. Its made our lives much easier now he is going outside. You just need to dedicate yourself to him and go out back and forth.
Another tip is the first place our pup did toilet outside - we took him to the spot again and again so it became his spot to begin with until he was confident enough to do it elsewhere.
Good luck and i know you can do it
x
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February 10th, 2009 at 7:39 am
take her out for a walk first thing in the mornings for a wee.
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February 10th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Yup. Simple solution. Train her to piss outside like a normal dog.
Those pads ENCOURAGE in-home elimination. Some dogs take to them quite well, but the majority of dog owners site that it basically teaches the dog that eliminating in the house is A-OK. Train her to eliminate outdoors, and I promise, you WILL see a major change.
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February 10th, 2009 at 8:40 am
First get rid of the wee wee pads. That only teaches them that it is ok to pee in the house. Then get a crate. Take her out often and once she goes she can have freedom in the house. When you are out, put her in the crate with treats. Do not put anything in the crate with her such as a towel as she will go on that.
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February 10th, 2009 at 9:29 am
keep her out of the bedroom and in the kitchen or hall, so that she has her own place put newspapers down near her bed and she will eventually learn to go on them
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February 10th, 2009 at 10:17 am
well we used the botton of an old hamster cage and when ever our puppy had a wee in somewhere other than the cage, we’d say BAD. and pick him up and carry him to the cage.
also we put him in the kennels for a week (we went on holiday) and when we came back he was trained. the owners swear they didnt train him and think he may have copied the other dog’s.
good luck!
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we have a jack russell. now 3 but we’ve had him from a puppy
February 10th, 2009 at 10:58 am
get her neutered
take her out more
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February 10th, 2009 at 11:31 am
They are a very energetic breed and that is part of the problem. They are so busy they forget they have to go so a regular schedule is important and so is limited access to all house spaces. keeping her on a leash in the house so you can keep a good eye on her is a easy idea. It will happen so don’t give up yet.
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February 10th, 2009 at 11:56 am
When I first received my Jack we had a routine that we followed until he was house broken. We also used a kennel and this helped so much. Jacks are very particular they don’t want to pee where they sleep. It is hard to have them in the kennel alot when they are small and cute but it pays off. We also monitored how much and when he ate. For example We knew if he ate at 6:30am he would need to pee at 6:45am. We didn’t leave any food or water out that he could access by himself. (Still making sure he was getting enough) For a short time we became in control of everything he did.
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February 10th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I understand what you are going through. I have a 5 month old jack russell and until a month ago he too was not toilet trained and me and my boyfriend we at the end of our tether. We live in a 3rd floor flat.
The way we have managed to train him is through very very hard work im afriad. My boyfriend works from home so is with him all day. When he is awake my boyfriend had to watch him all the time and look out for any small sign that he wanted to go toilet. These signs involved sniffing the floor, crouching down slightly, runing around frantically and a few more (im sure you have seen some of these). The min he saw our pup do any of this he said to him: “come on walkies” and picked him up - put on his lead and took him outside. Most of the time our puppy would not go to the toilet outside and saved it for when he got back in. We never told him off just ignored him if he had an accident (which in the beggining was all the time). But we presisted until one day he did go outside cause my boyfriend had been going back and forth for about and hour and the pup was desperate by then. We praised him soooo much and gave him soo many treats.
After that he started to do it outside more requently thought still did have many accidents. As time went on he did it more and more outside and we always praised him when he did. Now 4 weeks later he barks at the door to go out for toilet.
Yes there are the occasional accicdents too but overall it has worked.
It is hard work but it will be so worth it in the end. Its made our lives much easier now he is going outside. You just need to dedicate yourself to him and go out back and forth.
Another tip is the first place our pup did toilet outside - we took him to the spot again and again so it became his spot to begin with until he was confident enough to do it elsewhere.
Good luck and i know you can do it
x
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February 10th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
whenever she is by herself put her in a crate, dogs will not pee where they sleep so she will learn to control herself,and will know when you take her out she has tp DO it.
also training pads will not work as she is to old now,take her out after she eats, straight in the morning and before she goes to sleep.
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February 10th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Try this system - when you are home leash her to you. Everywhere you go she goes. Take her out every 20 minutes, after she eats, sleeps and plays hard. Take notice of her behavior like turning around in circles and squating and get her out ASAP. This is time consuming but eventually her bladder will mature and she will be able to hold it for longer periods of time. It isn’t her fault that she has to wee, she needs you to keep track of her schedule and help her be successful. There is almost no way this system can fail unless you don’t follow through with a strict schedule and pay close attention to her.
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February 10th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Crate train her, half toilet area half bed, or at least restrict the area she can use, until she realises that there is a specific toilet area. It sounds as if you just expect her to toilet when you want her to, without any training whatsoever on your part and surely she is not in a flat all the time, and you take her out several times a day so she can learn to toilet outside and hold it until she goes outside, toileting in the home is only for emergencies, where ever you live, first or tenth floor flat! Pups need to toilet when waking, after eating and after play so thats when you take her out……as well as her walks, if you can't /won't you really shouldn't have got a dog.
When you walk her a couple of time daily outside, wait until she is going to the toilet then tell her "be clean, good girl" if you tell her this everytime she goes then you will have a dog that will toilet only on command.
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February 10th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
my dog had a problem like that, what you do is every time your dog does a pee in the house tell them off and send them outside.
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February 10th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Hi,
It is easy really.All you have to do is let your pup out first thing in the morning, then 2 hours later, then give it a bonio and let it out again. Then 2 hours later let it out , then 2 hours later feed it and then let it out and then let it out 2 hours later and then let it out before you go to bed! In other words you have to get it used to going outside to do the toilet. It takes a bit of work but it is worth it in the end. Good luck.!
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I’ve reared pups for over twenty years and never had one yet that couldn’t be house trained.P.S, Most of my pups were terriers.